hollywood melon man

Chapter 715: Miscellaneous
“I actually have a rough plan for the series so far.

Before officially launching a new Star Wars story, I think we should first make a spin-off movie and a TV series."

“Will you be the director yourself?”

"No, I will be the producer and find people to produce these new projects. But I will direct the original Star Wars movies myself."

Now that George Lucas has said so, it is almost certain that Lucasfilm will fall into the hands of Gilbert Jr.

At this time, it was not the "Star Wars" fans who were excited, but the senior executives of 20th Century Fox.

If Gilbert Jr. is going to shoot the Star Wars series, then as a partner of Lucasfilm, they will have the full legal right to do so.

With this opportunity, 20th Century Fox will have the chance to collaborate with Gilbert Jr. on other projects.

However, this is still a long way off. At least in the next few years, Gilbert Jr. has no plans for a new "Star Wars" film.

And Lucasfilm is still struggling, so the process is a bit long.

Disney has a different idea. The cooperation with Gilbert Jr. has been going very smoothly over the years. In addition, Disney's other businesses are also developing very well. Now it is gradually becoming the number one giant in Hollywood.

Robert Iger was ambitious. He proposed a plan to the board of directors, which was to integrate Melon Studios into the Disney system while Warner was letting go.

In addition, half of the copyrights of those Cantaloupe Studios films are in the hands of Warner.

If they stop cooperating in the future, we will naturally take it back.

Not wanting to cooperate with Gilbert Jr., but also monopolizing the copyrights of these movies, is there no such good thing in the world?
Of course, it will take some time to recover the copyright, and it will also require the cooperation of Gilbert Jr.

Robert Iger's other idea is to acquire Warner's shares in Cantaloupe Studios, so that Disney can become the largest shareholder of Cantaloupe Studios without going through Gilbert Jr.

The reason why Robert Iger had such an idea was mainly because Gilbert Jr. was already the second largest individual shareholder within Warner.

If half of Cantaloupe Studios' shares returned to Gilbert Jr., in order to avoid being competed for by other companies, Disney would have to get the other half from Gilbert Jr.

In addition, Disney also plans to acquire Marvel and Lucasfilm, all of which are related to Gilbert Jr.

In other words, assuming all of the above situations are realized, Disney will no longer be related to the Disney family and will have to take Gilbert Jr.'s surname.

By then, Gilbert Jr. will be the boss of Disney, and he can even decide who will be the CEO.

Robert Iger wanted to avoid this situation as much as possible, so he bypassed Gilbert Jr. and contacted George Lucas directly.

But George Lucas revealed the content of the conversation between Robert Iger and him to Gilbert Jr., and Gilbert Jr. was not surprised at all.

“This is the way it is,” Gilbert said. “Whether Disney wants it or not, my stake is going to grow.”

George Lucas sighed: "It seems that Steven should have learned from you. He was determined to create a film company that could rival the giants.

But after suppression and failure, he has given up this fantasy.

Maybe your idea is correct. You don’t need to create a giant, but directly become a member of a giant. Disney is indeed a better choice.”

The reason why George Lucas said this is simple: there is no parent company above Disney.

Behind 20th Century Fox is News Corporation, behind Columbia Pictures is Sony, and behind MGM is the UAE Investment Group.

Each of the giants has the support of a parent company, but Disney does not have the support of a parent company. Of course, given Disney's size, it is indeed difficult to find a company to acquire it.

So Disney is not only a media company, but also a film company, and at the same time a dream park and a star-making factory. The share structure of such a large company is usually very complicated.

If Gilbert Jr. gains more power on the board of directors, it will inevitably cause backlash from other shareholders.

But this is normal. As long as Disney has ideas about Marvel and Lucasfilm, it will inevitably have to make concessions to Gilbert Jr.

In short, little Gilbert does not accept cash, and he does not lack that little cash.

It is June soon. On May 30th, Sex and the City, released by New Line Cinema, was released. This is a large-scale R-rated film, a film version of the successful American TV series Sex and the City.

How to describe the style of this film? It's probably the Hollywood version of "Ode to Joy", but a little bit bigger in scale.

Of course, this film was criticized by critics, but the investment in the film was not high, and it relied entirely on the four female lead actors' boldness in taking off their clothes to attract audiences.

Although the film is billed as a love letter to women, actual theater survey reports found that the proportion of male audiences was much higher than that of female audiences.

Out of curiosity, Leo also went to the cinema to watch this movie.

After he came back, he complained to Gilbert Jr., “To be honest, this movie is not as enjoyable as the one in San Fernando Valley.”

Gilbert Jr. had another explanation for this, he said: "I think that coming directly may not have that feeling.

Most viewers may like this kind of itchy feeling, with a plot that can fully arouse desire. "

Leo shook his head: "As for the plot, the plot of San Fernando Valley is not bad. I have seen the San Fernando Valley version of Black Empire, and Trinity in it is so big..."

"Leo, don't let Sally hear you saying this, otherwise she will hit you." Little Gilbert said with a smile.

"I'm not stupid, of course I won't..."

There is another story about this film, which is that Beckham's wife Victoria was originally planning to star in this film.

But after reading the script, Beckham did not allow Victoria to take the film. The couple had a quarrel over this and even slept in separate rooms.

Fortunately, after seeing so many football babes expressing their love enthusiastically, Victoria felt regretful and took the initiative to find Beckham to apologize, and the couple reconciled.

It is conceivable that this is a film of a very large scale, perhaps only slightly worse than "Basic Instinct".

Sharon Stone, the female lead of Basic Instinct, also had a story recently. She spoke out against a disaster. But soon Sharon Stone had to apologize because no one helped her.

Little Gilbert didn't even need to say anything, someone would naturally get things done for him.

This week marks the fifth weekend of release of "The Dark Knight". As of June 6, the film has grossed $1 million in North America.

This result is simply explosive, and everyone in Warner Bros. is very excited about it.

The film's global box office has reached 9 million US dollars, and it is still some distance away from easily breaking through 1120 billion US dollars and reaching a milestone for superhero movies.

It can be said that up to now, no matter what Kiri Ross personally thinks of Gilbert Jr., I cannot deny Gilbert Jr.'s contribution to Warner.

It’s a pity that decoupling was a decision made by Time Warner, and Kiri Ross was just following the rules.

If possible, she is willing to abandon her prejudice and continue to work with Gilbert Jr. It would be great if Gilbert Jr. did not have so many complicated identities at this time and was just a film director.

But unfortunately, such an idea is unrealistic.

(End of this chapter)